In the end it's still "China" with all its oddities.

Found this out this week once more: needed to provide signed documents for changes to the business structure of a company here in Beijing.
I took the liberty of combining the documents' text with the signatures all on one page, as opposed to have all the signatures on a separate page.
Well, it was rejected.

They insist that whoever signs, signs on a completely separate page.
I was thinking of changing the text of the first page to include "I hereby sign over to 'narvik' 100% of the shares" once I had it signed by all the shareholders.
Ridonkulous!

Sorry for the OT...